My life continues with more failures regarding my love life, as well as my sister's jealousy towards couples because of her love life failures as well. My father continues to lecture me and Rena on business, and my mother continues to lecture me and Rena on other life necessities and skills.

  But then something unexpected happened just a few weeks later.

  There's a new company branch opened in our city. This company has been a rival company to my father's for years, yet they have never beaten us in profit or sales, not even once, for all this time. The CEO of this company is a lot younger than my father's age, yet they have been rivals for most of their life. My father acknowledged this guy's skills, but this guy seems like he never appreciated or acknowledged my father's acknowledgment. He chose to have spite towards him and all of his businesses.

  But today, he claimed to have changed. He wanted all of us to be present during the grand opening of the company's new branch. My father gladly accepted it and assured that all of his family, including maids and butlers, would be there. I warned my father that this is just so humorously obvious smells like a trap. But then my father said to me:

  "Why should I turn down an offer from a young man who's having a change of heart? Even if he still has a grudge against me, nobody could change themselves in such a short time. Changes happen through a process, a long steps by steps of overcoming arduous challenges. It would be a crime for an elderly person to stop a young heart who's showing a will to change."

  Well, after saying such a line, how could I respond? I could only accept my defeat. My father's excellence in wisdom and choice of words was another yet of the many things that I still should have learnt from him.

  Long story short, the day of the grand opening is here. As promised, my father, my mother, I, Rena, our butlers, and maids were all present during the grand opening. We were all seated inside a giant indoor stage with many seats, as if we were inside a giant opera stage.

  The grand opening went great. They presented us with performances from dancers, singers, acrobats, music bands, comedians, and a lot more. The entire grand opening went on for about 2 hours.

  At the closing show, people had started leaving, but the young guy came to my father and convinced us to stay a little longer because there would be a special show for special guests. My father agreed to it and informed us, so we all stayed.

  Aside from the ridiculous number of people on our side because of the many maids and butlers that are here with us, there are also a lot of other people who were staying behind as well. It seems like they were all either rival companies or sponsors.

  We've waited for quite a bit, but then the young guy finally came on stage to present us with the special show. As he was still talking, all of a sudden, the power went out. The entire room became pitch black. People started panicking, but before chaos even erupted, we felt a tremendous tremor shaking all of us in great magnitude. The ceilings of the stage cracked and fell apart, but because of the darkness, we had no idea that that was happening. Rumbling sounds reverberated through the entire stage, and I could hear people's horrible and agonizing screams from all around me. But all of a sudden, I lost my consciousness.

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  What happened. . .?

  Where am I?

  I don't understand. . .

  What is going on?

  I see a light. . .

  I walk towards the light. . .

  . . . . . . .

  And then I opened my eyes.

  . . . . .

  "Urgh. . ."

  The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was raging fire. I felt heat emanating from every direction around me.

  . . . .

  "Huh? Father? Mother? Rena?"

  . . . .

  "Maids and butlers? Where are you guys?"

  "I have to get up. . ."

  *!!!*

  When I tried to move my body, I felt a tremendous amount of weight had been placed on top of me.

  "URGH!!! AAAAKKKH!!!"

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  As I struggled to move my body, I felt a tremendous amount of pain coming from my entire body.

  "AAAAARRGGGHHH!!"

  When I finally realized, my entire body was actually buried under the debris of a building. There's a small opening near my head, and that's how I was able to see the raging fire happening. It seems like my right leg and my right hand were crushed beyond recognition because I couldn't feel them anymore. My left leg and my left hand, on the other hand, felt so torturously painful that it felt like iron bars from the inside of some debris had pierced through them.

  Am I. . . going to die?

  When I haven't even experienced anything worthy in life?

  I was still in a growing phase. . .

  Am I gonna die without ever experiencing a lover's love?

  AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGGGHHH!!!!

  There’s a sharp pain that came from my stomach. It seems like debris has crushed my stomach, and a little bit of the iron bars inside have pierced my stomach as well.

  I feel weak. . .

  Am I going to die?

  Am I really going to die?

  Right here, right now?

  Dying this way, without anyone I love near me, seeing me leave?

  This is just. . .sad. . .

  . . . . . .

  My vision became blurry. . .

  I feel like there's blackness rising from the bottom of my vision. . .

  This is it. . .

  Father. . .

  Mother. . .

  Rena. . .

  My little sister. . .

  Is she. . .okay?

  I hope. . .she is okay. . .

  . . . . .

  I felt myself fading away. My consciousness is slowly but surely going away.

  But, as I felt like I was going to pass away, I saw her, my sister, Rena, from under the rubble. She was unconscious, but there were many men in black suits picking her up. From the brief look of it, she doesn't seem to be badly injured. She has grazes and light cuts, and she's bleeding lightly, but that's all. She'll survive. I'm glad. . .

  Wait. . .

  Huh?

  Who are these men?

  Where are they taking her?

  What's happening?

  *!!!*

  And then I felt my consciousness suddenly come back to me in full force. It felt like a jolt to my soul. Then I saw the young guy, my father's rival, the CEO, who seemed to be in charge of those men.

  Why was he okay?

  He was on stage, so why was he okay?

  He has no injuries whatsoever.

  You're telling me he survived that whole earthquake under that pitch black darkness?

  "Hey, careful with that little girl! We can sell her to the underworld. Seems like she's wanted for whatever reason."

  "Okay, boss!"

  . . . .

  What?

  They're gonna sell my sister?

  To the underworld? To the dark side of society?

  . . . .

  HUH?

  WHERE ARE YOU TAKING HER?

  GIVE HER BACK!!

  GIVE HER BACK!!!

  GIVE HEEER BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCKKK!!!!!!!!

  NOBODY TOUCH MY SISTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRR!!!!!!!

  And at that moment, I felt like all of my being had returned. And then. . .

  *GROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*

  *!!!!*

  The young guy and his lackeys in black suits were shocked and turned around as they saw a golden pillar of light shoot out from under the rubble just behind them.

  "WHAT? WHAT IS THAT?"

  "GUYS, TAKE COVER!! PROTECT THE BOSS!!"

  "BOSS! IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT'S THE LIGHT THAT APPEARS WHEN SOMEONE BECAME A BELIEVER AND AWAKENED THEIR FAITH POWER!!"

  "WHAT? BUT IT CAME FROM UNDER THE RUBBLE!!! HOW COME SOMEONE AWAKENED THEIR FAITH POWER UNDER ALL OF THAT DEBRIS??"

  . . . . .

  After the golden light fades away, there's a figure standing up from under the rubble. The figure sent all of the rubble flying.

  It was me.

  I have awakened a Faith power. I can feel every part of my body again. Even though my stomach, my left leg, and left hand were crushed before, they all came back as if nothing had happened to them. And then I also found out that I have grown a pair of golden fiery wings on my back.

  When I looked at my two hands, they were burning in golden flame, yet it doesn't feel hot or burning at all. The flames on my hand, however, take shape in the form of a talon that belongs to birds. Strangely, I felt like I was filled with great strength. It feels like with this power, I can do a lot of unthinkable things compared to my former self.

  "You. YOU!!! WHERE WERE YOU TAKING MY SISTER TO?"

  I moved towards the young guy immediately, and nobody could even react. I grabbed him by the neck with my golden burning talon. The young guy was screaming in pain because of how hot my hand was.

  "AAAAAAAAAAARRRGGGHH!!!"

  "WAS THIS YOUR PLAN FROM THE START? YOU WERE GOING TO COMMIT MASS MURDER JUST BECAUSE OF YOUR RIVALRY WITH MY FATHER?? ARE YOU INSANE?"

  "THIS ISN'T ABOUT RIVALRY!! THIS IS ABOUT MY SELF-ESTEEM!!"

  ". . .what?"

  "I'VE WORKED SO HARD EVERY DAY TO OVERCOME YOUR FATHER!! YET ALL OF MY HARD WORK BEARS NO FRUIT!! EVERYTHING I DID WAS IN VAIN!!! I SHOULD BE RESPECTED MORE THAN YOUR FATHER EVER WAS!! BECAUSE UNLIKE HIM, WHO'S ENTIRE WEALTH WAS HANDED TO HIM FROM HIS FATHER, I DID EVERYTHING BY MYSELF!! I RAISED THIS BRAND FROM THE GROUND UP!! IT'S NOT FAIR!!! I COULDN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!! PEOPLE LOOKED AT YOUR FATHER MORE THAN THEY LOOKED AT ME!!! I AM THE ONE WHO SHOULD BE LOOKED AT!! I'VE REACHED MY CURRENT STATUS FROM ZERO!! YET I AM STILL THIS YOUNG!!!"

  ". . . .you. . .did this because. . .you demand respect? W-what. . .?"

  "AND I ALSO WAS GONNA SELL YOUR SISTER TO THE UNDERWORLD TO MAKE SURE NO BLOODLINE OF THIS ACCURSED FAMILY CONTINUES! MY PLAN WAS SO THAT SHE WOULD DIE QUIETLY, SOMEWHERE I DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT!! BECAUSE I HATE YOUR FATHER WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING!!!"

  *!!!!*

  "YOU!!! YOUUUUU!!!! STAY AWAY FROM MY SISTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRR!!!"

  "AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

  I burned his face with my golden, fiery talon, and he screamed so loud until he eventually stopped. I threw his body to the ground without a care in the world. As soon as I was done with him, I turned my head towards all the men in black suits who had my sister.

  *!!!*

  "RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNN!!"

  One of the men signalled them to run. But that was futile, for I was moving faster than before their body could even react to his signal to run. I knocked out all of those men in quick succession. For the one guy who was carrying my sister, I simply knocked him gently and quickly grabbed her unconscious body so as not to harm her.

  "Rena! Rena! Wake up!! Rena!! Are you okay? Rena! Wake up!!"

  ". . .Urgh. . ."

  *!*

  "RENA!! You're safe!! Oh, thank goodness!"

  *!!!*

  "ONII-CHAN!? WHY ARE YOU BURNING? HEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLPPP!!! WATEEEEEEEEEEERRRR!! SOMEBODY GET ME WATEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRR!! ONII-CHAN IS BURNIIIIIIIINNGG!!

  "Hey, hey, it's okay, it's my Faith power. I just became a Believer!! And look, I'm holding you in my burning arm, yet it doesn't harm you!!"

  "WAIT! HUH? WHAT? THAT'S SO AWESOME ONII-CHAN!!! WOOOOWW!!! I WANNA BECOME A BELIEVER TOOO!!!!!"

  "Eh? I don't know about that!"

  "IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHHHHHHH!!! DON'T TEASE MEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"

  "Alright, alright, I'm sorry! I don't know what is happening right now, but we have to find father and mother!"

  "Oh yeah, right!! Let's look for them, Onii-chan!!"

  "Alright!!"

  *BANG*

  *ZRASSHH*

  *SPLATS*

  All of a sudden, I was shot in the head right in front of my sister. It was a sniper from far away that I had no idea was there the whole time.

  "AAAAAWWW MAAAANN!! I TOLD THAT GUY THAT I WANNA FIGHT HIM FIRST!!!"

  *!?*

  All of a sudden, someone is standing near us. It was a man. The man was wearing all-black clothing. He seems to be someone else who worked for the young guy that I killed.

  *THUD*

  As the inside of my head splattered on the ground, my body dropped to the floor.

  "ONII-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANN!!!!"